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3 Women In Burqas Attack Kenyan Police Station, Stab Cop; Killed
Three women in burqas tricked their way into a Mombasa police station where they stabbed one officer and set fire to the building with a petrol bomb before being shot dead, an officer and a witness said today.
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Belgian Police Probing Paris Attacks Hunt Gunman After Shots Fired
Belgian police investigating the November Islamist attacks in Paris were hunting a gunman after shots were fired during a raid on a house in Brussels, a spokesman for the federal prosecutors office said.
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UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises To 7 In Mali
The number of UN peacekeepers killed in an Islamist attack on their base in Mali has risen to seven following the death of a female force member evacuated to Senegal, the regional deployment said Tuesday.
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Britain's Queen Focuses On Christian Faith After Year Of 'Dark Moments'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth focused on what she called the light of the Christian faith in her annual Christmas message on Friday, after a year marked by militant Islamist attacks across the world.
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Somalia Bans Christmas And New Year Festivities
Somalia's government has banned celebrations of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim majority country, saying the festivities might attract Islamist attacks.
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Italian Priest Wounded in Latest Attack on Foreigner in Bangladesh
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh today, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
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German Intelligence 'Concerned' Islamists Recruiting Refugees
German intelligence warned Tuesday that the number of Islamic extremists in the country had increased sharply in recent months and expressed serious concern that they were recruiting among refugees.
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France Foils 'Terror' Attack on Military
France has foiled a 'terrorist' plot to capture and decapitate a member of its armed forces, officials said, underscoring the threat the country faces six months after the Islamist attacks in Paris.
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Britain Warns Further Islamist Attacks in Tunisia Possible
Britain says Islamist militants may launch further attacks on tourist resorts in Tunisia after a gunman killed 39 people, including at least 15 Britons, in the worst assault of its kind in modern Tunisian history.
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Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Luz Publishes 'Catharsis' Album
Luz, one of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists to survive January's Islamist attack on the French satirical magazine, on Thursday published an album recounting his life after the massacre.
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4 Jews Killed in Paris to be Buried in Israel on Tuesday
Four French Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris are to be buried in Israel on Tuesday, community sources and the Israeli premier said.
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Worldwide Marches in Solidarity with France
Tens of thousands of people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting "Je suis Charlie" and holding pens in the air.
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Worldwide Marches in Solidarity with France
Tens of thousands of people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting "Je suis Charlie" and holding pens in the air.
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Barack Obama Won't Attend Paris March: US Official
President Barack Obama will not join other world leaders at Sunday's Paris march in tribute to the victims of this week's Islamist attacks in France, a US official told AFP.
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3 Women In Burqas Attack Kenyan Police Station, Stab Cop; Killed
Three women in burqas tricked their way into a Mombasa police station where they stabbed one officer and set fire to the building with a petrol bomb before being shot dead, an officer and a witness said today.
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Belgian Police Probing Paris Attacks Hunt Gunman After Shots Fired
Belgian police investigating the November Islamist attacks in Paris were hunting a gunman after shots were fired during a raid on a house in Brussels, a spokesman for the federal prosecutors office said.
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UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises To 7 In Mali
The number of UN peacekeepers killed in an Islamist attack on their base in Mali has risen to seven following the death of a female force member evacuated to Senegal, the regional deployment said Tuesday.
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Britain's Queen Focuses On Christian Faith After Year Of 'Dark Moments'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth focused on what she called the light of the Christian faith in her annual Christmas message on Friday, after a year marked by militant Islamist attacks across the world.
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Somalia Bans Christmas And New Year Festivities
Somalia's government has banned celebrations of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim majority country, saying the festivities might attract Islamist attacks.
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Italian Priest Wounded in Latest Attack on Foreigner in Bangladesh
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh today, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
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German Intelligence 'Concerned' Islamists Recruiting Refugees
German intelligence warned Tuesday that the number of Islamic extremists in the country had increased sharply in recent months and expressed serious concern that they were recruiting among refugees.
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France Foils 'Terror' Attack on Military
France has foiled a 'terrorist' plot to capture and decapitate a member of its armed forces, officials said, underscoring the threat the country faces six months after the Islamist attacks in Paris.
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Britain Warns Further Islamist Attacks in Tunisia Possible
Britain says Islamist militants may launch further attacks on tourist resorts in Tunisia after a gunman killed 39 people, including at least 15 Britons, in the worst assault of its kind in modern Tunisian history.
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Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Luz Publishes 'Catharsis' Album
Luz, one of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists to survive January's Islamist attack on the French satirical magazine, on Thursday published an album recounting his life after the massacre.
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4 Jews Killed in Paris to be Buried in Israel on Tuesday
Four French Jews killed in an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris are to be buried in Israel on Tuesday, community sources and the Israeli premier said.
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Worldwide Marches in Solidarity with France
Tens of thousands of people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting "Je suis Charlie" and holding pens in the air.
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Worldwide Marches in Solidarity with France
Tens of thousands of people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting "Je suis Charlie" and holding pens in the air.
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Barack Obama Won't Attend Paris March: US Official
President Barack Obama will not join other world leaders at Sunday's Paris march in tribute to the victims of this week's Islamist attacks in France, a US official told AFP.
